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Coherence
Coherence
Whatmakeswordsandstructuresfittogether
wellisthepeople,uswhomakesenseofwhatwe
readandhear.
To
Toarriveaninterpretationreliesonour
arrive an interpretation relies on our
experienceofthewaytheworldis.
Whenwereadorhearsomething,wetrytomake
thetextfitsomesituationorexperiencethatcan
associateorincoperate allthedetails.
Coherence
Wewillcreatemeaningfulconnectionsthat
arenotactuallyexpressedbythewordsand
sentences.
Thisprocessisnotlimitedtotryingto
understandoddtexts,butitseemstobe
involvedinourinterpretationofalldiscourse.
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Coherence
Inanormalconversation,wealwaystakepart
inconversationalinteractions.
Often
Often,whatismeantisnotactuallypresentin
what is meant is not actually present in
whatissaid.
Weusuallyanticipateeachothersintentions
thatmakesthiscomplexprocess
unremarkableorunimportant.
Coherence
Considertheexample,
Her:Thatsthephonecall.
Him:Iminthebath.
Her:O.K.
Coherence
Thereisnocohesivetieswithinthediscourse.
Howcanwemakesenseofwhattwopeople
i h i
inthesituation?
i ?
Weuseourexperiencetointerpretthe
discourse.
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Coherence
Tounderstandthissituation,wecandrawthe
conversationalactionsperformedbythe
speakersintheinteractions.
Shemakesarequestofhimtoperformanaction.
Hestatesareasonwhyhecannotcomplywith
request.
Sheundertakestoperformaction.
Coherence
Thisprovesthatthelanguageusersmusthave
alotofknowledgeofhowtheconversation
works.
Thisknowledgeisbeyondthelinguistics
knowledge,itiscalledencyclopedic
knowledgeorworldknowledge.
A:?
B:
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TheCooperativePrinciple
Thecooperativeprinciple
Inaconversation,theparticipantsexchangeortake
turnorcooperatewitheachother.
Thewayweexpectourconversationalpartnertoobey
istheprinciplecalledGricean Maxims.(maxim=
)
Itispurposedbythephilosopher,PaulGrice.
Gricean Maxims
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Gricean Maxims
1.Thequantitymaxim:makeyour
contributionasinformativeasisrequired,but
notmore,orless,thanisrequired.
Gricean Maxims
2.Thequalitymaxim:donotsaythatwhich
youbelievetobefalseorforwhichyoulack
adequateevidence.
Gricean Maxims
3.Therelationmaxim:Berelevant.
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Gricean Maxims
4.Themannermaxim:beclear,brief,andorderly.
(violationof
Gricean Maxims)
.
.
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Oh,asandwichisasandwich.
Hedges
Hedgesarewordsorphraseusedtoindicate
thatwerenotreallysurethatwhatwere
sayingissufficientlycorrectorcomplete.
Sortof,kindof
Hishairwaskindoflong.
Thebookcoverissortofyellow.
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AsfarasIknow,.
Now,correctmeifImwrong,but..
Imnotabsolutelysure,but..
Think
Feel
Possiblethat
May
could
Jasonisguilty.
IthinkitspossiblethatJasonmaybeguilty.
Implicature
Implicature referstoanadditionalconveyed
meaning.
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Gricean Maxims
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